Collection of Asad-uj Jaman

Asad-uj Jaman holding a vase from his collection

Mr. Asad-uj Jaman's resident-cum-museum is situated a few kilometers
away from the Taki Road closer to the Chandraketugarh
ramparts. From the ramparts, a narrow unmetalled road winds through
green ricefields(a joy for the eyes!) --
keep right -- and under the shades of fragrant mango trees
towards a local school. Once
you are near the school, anyone can point you to Asad-uj Jaman's house.

Asad-uj Jaman confirmed that artifacts are still being
unearthed in the nearby areas
whenever the soil is dug to build a house or a pond.
He agreed with Dilip Kumar Maite in the necessity of a local
museum. He also mentioned that there is no mechanism in place
to properly study and understand the artifacts currently discovered.
"If an artifact carrying some ancient written characters is uncovered, it's
not easy to get it read", he said.

From time to time Asad-uj-Jaman allows items from his collection to be
displayed in a museum or in some exhibition. According to him this is the
only way that others can enjoy the beauty of these intriguing art objects,
without having to come to Chandraketugarh.

Please click on the small images below to view their full size versions

For now, these photographs are displayed simply as an album, without any
specific description or identification. In the next few weeks, I will sort them out
in different thematic categories and write small descriptions.